Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-19
VERY SLOW PROGRESS
AT THE NEW YORK CONVENTION OF
OF HENRY GEORGE MEN.

The Second Days Work Clears the Deck
of SociaIists-Union Labor Overtures
Promptly Rejected-McMackfn Elected
Chairman-George and McGlynn on tho
Platform Committee.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug 19-As party
United Labor is prentice hand" in polit-
ical conventions, and it has taken couple of
days of cheerful and good-natured fighting
for the convention to straighten out its list of
delegates and get down to naming perma
nent organization and appointing commit
tee on platform and resolutions The con
vention was called to order Thursday at l0:3n
a. M, and the credentials committee had two
reports to offer-majority and minority. The
former report ousted the Socialist delegates,
but there were enough sympathizers of the
Socialists on the credentials committee to pro-
pose that the Socialists be admitted Finally
the Socialist delegates were given the floor.
to protest against their expulsion. Sergius
Shevitsch spoke for them fifteen minutes and
aroused the enthusiasm of bis adherents by
asserting that the Socialists were the back
bone of the United Labor party.
The first test vote was on the admission of
George Block, of the Fourteenth assembly
district The majority of the committee rec
commended the seating of William McCahe
instead of Block, and this was done The
Socialists then offered resolution in favor
of admitting both the delegates from con-
tested districts and giving each delegation
half a vote. The resolution took the grounds
that the convention does not decide by this
action whether the Socialistic party is or is
not political party, but unless that body at
its next meeting abandons all claim to being
political party its members shall not be eli
gible as members of the United Labor party.
Despite its ingenious construction, this reso-
luton was rejected and the majority report
of the committe on credentials was adopted.
The committee on permanent organization
made a majority report in favor of John Nc
Mackin for president and John McCabe and
R H. Ferguson for vice president. The mi
nority report held that no names should have
been recommended In debate it was charged
that the majority report was in the nature OF
a slate A motion by friends of the majority
report to accept the report after striking out
the names was carried, and nominations for
permanent officers were then made. John
McMackin was nominated for president and
the Socialists made combination with the
Kings county men in supporting John R.
O'Donnell, of Kings, for that office, though
O'Donnell is a very conservative and anti
Socialistic man
Henry George and DR.. McGlynn earnestly
supported McMackin.
The vote resulted: McMackin, ILL., O'Don-
nell, SIS. As O'Donnell bad the compliment
ary vote Of his own county, and the entir'
Socialistic vote, this is regarded as an over.
whelming defeat for the latter faction. A
committee including DR.. McGlynn and
O'Donnell escorted McMackin to the chair,
and O'DonneIl made little speech saying he
had rather be beaten by McMackin than by
ybody he knew of After McMackin had
accepted the honor in brief speech receS'
was taken until evening
At the evening session james Ryan, of Os
wego; W. c. Wood, of Gloversville, and R.
T. J. Sanford, of Troy, were chosen vice
chairmen. J. T. Burke, J. 7. Coughlin ant
F. C. Leubuscher, OF New York. Were chosen
secretaries. A communication from the
Union Labor party requesting a conference
was read, and after very brief debate wa,
ordered to be returned with the announce
ment that The request W2S declined, as til,
principles of the two parties We're irreconcila
BILE.
Committees on resolutions and platform
were then appointed. DR.. McGiynn, Henry
George, Henry George, Jr, John R
O'Donnell and Michael Clarke were among
those on the committee on platform. jaime:
Radpath, I. b. Nakeman, j P Kohler, H
Alden Spencer, Jeremiah Murphy and P H
Ferguson were among those on resolutions
The convention then adjourned until 10 a
m. Friday,
The Socialists and trades union representa-
tives attended dance at night, at which
speeches were made Many of the Unite,
Labor people joined in friendly discussion
A Socialist indignation meeting an
nounced for Friday night, at which Vroo
man, Block and Hinton will speak